In article , Jean O'Boyle
wrote:

Something must be in the wind...I received an e-mail from Carnival Cruise
Lines saying the same thing...makes me wonder...hmmmm.

I think it is a ploy which they hope will be a self fulfilling
prophecy. Get demand to increase by scaring people into bookings now.
If they get more bookings by it then they can sustain the higher
prices.

--
Charles